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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

(1850–1919) Poet United States

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox says a day without a poem feels wasted and unused. She writes that love can ignite many fires while hate puts them out, and that thoughts act like living things that can shape the world. She also describes memory as a golden gate that swings open, letting the heart walk among old things.

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a poet from the United States, best known for A Budget of Christmas Tales.

Quick Facts About Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Born
November 5, 1850
Died
October 30, 1919
Nationality
United States
Profession
Poet
Notable works
A Budget of Christmas Tales

About Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. She wrote the poetry collection Poems of Passion and the well‑known poem Solitude, which includes the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone." Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, came out in 1918, just a year before she passed away.

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